As Chief Impact Officer, Julie Bosland works with Living Cities’ members and internal leaders to clarify, measure, and ensure we are achieving our organizational goals. Since joining Living Cities in January 2017, Julie has advanced public sector innovation, corporate narrative change, and the active engagement of members and national partners to close racial gaps in income and wealth.
Julie has a passion for helping city leaders improve outcomes for all residents, with more than a decade of experience working directly with municipal officials through the National League of Cities (NLC). Committed to public service, Julie also served in the Mayor’s Office in Philadelphia, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the White House Domestic Policy Council. She also worked to catalyze widespread economic security and upward mobility at ThinkShift, an initiative of the DeBruce Foundation.
Julie earned her bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and her master’s in public affairs from Princeton University. She also spent a year in India studying methods of empowerment within the caste system as a Watson Fellow. Julie currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and three children.